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Business Grew After Controversial Bike Lane Installed, Data Show

A devastating loss of customers. Revenue falling by 20 percent. Beloved shops forced to close their doors for good.

Those predictions were wrong.

Wireless charging may be the future of electric vehicles

Think of never needing a break to refuel and imagine how convenient and practical that would be.

This 100% solar community endured Hurricane Ian with no loss of power and minimal damage

Babcock Ranch calls itself “America’s first solar-powered town.” Its nearby solar array — made up of 700,000 individual panels — generates more electricity than the 2,000-home neighborhood uses, in a state where most electricity is generated by burning natural gas, a planet-warming fossil fuel.

Growth in Autonomous Vehicles Could Improve Traffic Flow

A study by Carnegie Mellon University found that if at least 20 percent of cars are autonomous vehicles, traffic systems may start to see the operational improvements these vehicles are expected to bring.

Great Falls Economic Development Top 10 for 10-1-22

Congratulations to one of Great Falls most anticipated businesses, Crumbl Cookies! After months of planning and remodeling the new franchise opened Friday morning, The owners, Andrea and Jamie Holyoak, have created over 20 new full and part time jobs in this popular new venture in Great Falls. See KRTV.

Influencing wildfires by logging, other management is a fool’s errand

Trying to influence wildfires by logging and other management is a fool’s errand. The money Gianforte says will protect homes by logging would be better spent on home hardening and minor fuel reductions in the immediate area around homes.

Recordings of 2022 Greater Northwest Passenger Rail Summit Available

Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority served as host of the inaugural Greater Northwest Passenger Rail Summit in Billings, MT in August.

Montana Senator Jon Tester Pushes Experts on American Farm Purchases by Foreign Entities

Tester concluded: “And if no one is checking this out…it seems to me we’re opening ourselves up to a risk we might regret later.”

Western U.S. House candidates square off in Butte

Democrat Monica Tranel, an attorney and past Olympian; Republican Ryan Zinke, former Secretary of the Interior and Montana’s previous congressman; and Libertarian John Lamb, a Norris resident who farms and works in construction; spent an hour answering questions and offering responses.

Montana group gets grant to organize against privatized education

“People in Montana love their schools, they have always loved their schools and supported them across the state,” said Moffie Funk, the director of Montanans Organized for Education. “Unfortunately, in more recent years, people have come in wanting to privatize. They see Montana as ripe for the picking, that this is a place where they can come in and privatize and truly undermine our public education system.”